House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 1997
- Committee actionOct 29, 1997
- Passed HouseFeb 26, 1998 · 414–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 1998 — Laid on the table. See S. 493 for further action. (consideration: CR H645)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2460.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2460, Wireless Telephone Protection Act” on October 31, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 29, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10509
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2460, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-418 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 24, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/418
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2460, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da337ac653bb4da582e6f6a92d4c4cd37b780aafcef92e7fae640a69f30d7823
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
George Gekas (R-PA), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson.
- H.R. 3815 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a medical innovation tax credit for clinical testing research expenses…
- H.R. 532 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation.
- H.R. 3707 (105th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be used…
- H.J.Res. 70 (105th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Federal income tax.
- H.R. 1584 (105th) Tax Freedom for Families Act of 1997
- H.R. 3912 (105th) Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.